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2 unusual facts about luteinizing hormone


Circumventricular organs

For example, it is thought that the OVLT may also play a role in the regulation of LH secretion via a negative feedback mechanism.

Luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor

Luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor has been shown to interact with GIPC1.


Ovulation induction

Recombinant HCG (rHCG), recombinant luteinizing hormone (rLH) and urine-derived hCG (uHCG) are equally effective in achieving final follicular maturation in IVF with regards to pregnancy rates and risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

Robert M. Boyar

An American physiologist, Ernst Knobil, discovered that the anterior pituitary produces pulses of Luteinizing hormone (LH) at about hourly intervals.


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